Raspberry Cream Cheese, and Chocolate Cream Cheese Puff Pastry

 
 
 
 
 
 

Cut 5 slanted strips left and right side.





Baked the raspberry and chocolate pastries together.

Sprinkled the pastry with confectioner's sugar


Tried making some with just Nutella. Brushed with milk and sprinkled with sugar. Baked for 20 min at 400 degrees



I saw this Tasty video. Made the most gorgeous pastries!  It's nice that you can use the same basic cream cheese filling, and puff pastry to make different variations of the pastry. One of my best friends and her husband was visiting for the weekend, so decided to try out this recipe.  I made the raspberry pastry, and the chocolate one. The chocolate one was yummy. The raspberry was very pretty, but next time I make it, might add a little more confectioner sugar on top.

The chocolate recipe one isn't listed below. But what I basically did was:
1. Cut the pastry sheet in half.
2. On the left and right side, cut 5 slanted strips.
3. Place cream cheese filling in center, and then chocolate chips on top.
4. Lay right side strip on top, then the left, and keep repeating.


RECIPE:
Cream Cheese Filling
INGREDIENTS
1 8-ounce block cream cheese
¼ cup granulated sugar
½ teaspoon vanilla extract

PREPARATION
In a medium bowl, mix cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla until smooth.

Raspberry Pastry FlowerMakes 4 pastries

INGREDIENTS
1 sheet thawed puff pastry
20 raspberries
4 tablespoons Cream Cheese Filling, recipe above
Powdered sugar

PREPARATION
Preheat oven to 400°F.
Cut the puff pastry into 4 equal squares.
Leaving a ½ centimeter border, make 8 total cuts along the edges of the square, with each cut going about ⅓ of the way through the length of the edge. Make sure the cuts do not touch.
Place a tablespoon of the cream cheese filling in the middle of the square, then top with 4 raspberries.
Take one of the edge flaps and fold it towards the center, looping over the raspberry. Repeat with the other flaps. Place a raspberry in the center, on top of where all the flaps overlap.
Repeat with the remaining pastry squares.
Bake for 15-20 minutes until pastry is golden brown and puffed.
Serve with a sprinkle of powdered sugar!

Strawberry Pastry Diamond
Makes 9 pastries

INGREDIENTS
1 sheet thawed puff pastry
5 strawberries, halved with stems removed
9 tablespoons Cream Cheese Filling, recipe above
powdered sugar

PREPARATION
Preheat oven to 400°F.
Cut the puff pastry into 9 equal squares.
Taking one of the squares, fold one of the edges to the opposite edge.
Leaving a ½ centimeter border, cut about ¾ of the way from the bottom of the triangle to the tip on both sides, making sure the cuts do not touch.
Unfold the square.
Taking the top flap, fold it towards the 2 cuts near the bottom.
Take the bottom flap and fold it towards the top edge.
Place about a tablespoon of the cream cheese filling in the middle, then place a strawberry half on top.
Repeat with the remaining pastry squares.
Bake for 15-20 minutes until pastry is golden brown and puffed.
Serve with a sprinkle of powdered sugar!


Blueberry Pastry Pinwheel
Makes 9 pastries

INGREDIENTS
1 sheet thawed puff pastry
36 blueberries
9 tablespoons Cream Cheese Filling, recipe above
Powdered sugar

PREPARATION
Preheat oven to 400°F.
Cut the puff pastry into 9 equal squares.
Make 4 cuts on each square, with each cut starting from the outside corners of the square and stopping just short of the center.
Take one of the flaps and fold it towards the center. Fold every other flap towards the center until you have created a pinwheel shape.
Place about a tablespoon of the cream cheese filling in the middle, then place 4 blueberries on top.
Repeat with the remaining pastry squares.
Bake for 15-20 minutes until pastry is golden brown and puffed.
Serve with a sprinkle of powdered sugar!

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